Bangladesh Garment-Factory Fire Pressures Sourcing Managers to Know Their Manufacturers
The number of apparel factory fires inBangladesh has become so prevalent that WRAP, the nonprofitorganization that does compliance inspection of overseas factories, conducted aspecial ...
CrowdStar Challenges Fashionistas With New Stylist App
Created by CrowdStar, Top Stylist aims to attract a new set of mobile users by merging high fashion and innovative game play with hundreds of pieces of designer clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories.
Santa Monica's Main Street: Contemporary by the Coast
Internationally and nationally prominent retailers are building more stores in the California beachside neighborhoods of Venice and downtown Santa Monica.
Leah Gottlieb, Founder of Gottex Swimwear, 94
Leah Gottlieb, the Hungarian-born designer whose Gottex swimwear label was worn by celebrities such as Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor, died on Nov. 20 at her home in Tel Aviv, Israel. Sh...
Iconix Executive Named CEO at Sequential Brands Group
Los Angeles licensing company Sequential Brands Group Inc. has named Yehuda Shmidman as its new chief executive officer, replacing Colin Dyne, who resigned to pursue other opportunities....
How Manufacturers Can Extend Credit to Their Retailers While Managing Their Credit Risk
Today, when a manufacturer’s customer is “declined for credit” by its factor, the manufacturer often requests that the retailer prepay the order. All too often these manufacturers don’t know why t...
Fred Segal Announces Expansion Deal
Fred Segal is spreading from Los Angeles to the rest of the world....
Billabong’s Potential Buyer Is a Company Man
Paul Naude, president of Billabong International Ltd.’s Americas division, is holding discussions to put together a leveraged buyout of the beleaguered surf giant, which is headquartered in Au...
Tags & Labels Resources
California Label Products 13255 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90061 (310) 523-5800 Fax: (310) 523-5858 Contact: Tasha www.californialabelproducts.com info@californial...
Colombian Manufacturers Meet Up With West Coast Apparel Makers
If the people seated inside the large hotel ballroom looked as if they were speed dating, in a way they were....
Wet Seal Profits Slide in Third Quarter
In its first conference call with Wall Street analysts since a proxy battle ousted its chairman and several board members in October, The Wet Seal Inc. reported same-store sales declined 13.5...
International Trade Show Resources
Bibby Financial Services is a worldwide market leader in business cash-flow solutions to small and medium-sized companies. With offices in eight North American cities and 14 countries around the worl...
ENK International Sold to Advanstar
One of the biggest apparel trade show companies in the United States just got bigger....
Advanstar Hires Rue La La Exec as VP of Marketing, New Director at S.L.A.T.E., Street
Tom Florio, chief executive officer of Santa Monica, Calif.–based Advanstar Fashion Group, producers of the MAGIC and Project t...
Venus Williams' EleVen Is Made in LA
Venus Williams, who turns heads as much with her flair for style as her 125-mph serves, believes if you don’t look good, you won’t play well. The tennis pro contends that looking good even enhances athletic performance.
